Asaad Taha

Social media is serving as a proxy for a collapsing public health system. That isn’t good news for Modi and the ruling party. Source link

Click to expand Image Brenda, a Ugandan transgender woman, was arrested and assaulted by police in the wake of the passage of Uganda’s 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Activists fear that the passage of the Sexual Offences Bill will similarly lead to…

Everyone in Washington seems to be focused on China. But here are some brewing crises that could flare up when they’re not looking. Source link

Click to expand Image Dominic Ongwen at his confirmation of charges hearing in ICC courtroom I on 21 January 2016 © ICC-CPI. The International Criminal Court (ICC) today imposed a 25-year-sentence on Dominic Ongwen, a former leader of the Lord’s…

Sanctions would undermine climate diplomacy. Source link

Click to expand Image Protest outside the Greek Parliament in Athens on March 27, 2021 against a bill that would introduce compulsory equal joint custody of children in cases of separation or divorce.  ©2021 Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via AP. (Athens) – A…

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Susan McPherson on making a genuine connection with others: “We’re living in a loneliness epidemic…

Click to expand Image Farmworkers, considered essential workers under the current Covid-19 pandemic guidelines, work a strawberry field in Santa Paula, California, April 15, 2020.  © 2020 AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Mother’s Day in the United States is typically associated with…

The Biden administration appears to have sided with low- and middle-income countries, but other rich nations could still hold up a deal. Source link

(New York) – Falling donor support for essential services in Afghanistan is reducing women’s access to essential health care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. More cuts are likely in coming months following the announcement by United…